Jack, I was toning 11x14 prints, with 10cc of the toner in 100 cc of
water... of that 10 cc, I'd guess about 1/2 cc *TOPS* was ammonia. 1/2
cc of ammonia won't even remove warts, let alone a whole nose.

J.

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Jack Fulton wrote:

> >> Also, purchase a respirator with a cartridge which will filter out the
> >> ammonia. Mine was bought through Grainger and is a North Z550030M. I
> >> used the cartridge 75SC. If you are going to use it solely for
> >> ammonia,
> >> you should purchase a cartridge specialized just for ammonia. The 75SC
> >> cartridge is for mixed vapors.
> >
> > Oh phooey... nothing wrong with a little ammonia... those cartidges
> > will
> > kill you -- you can't see where you're going, will walk into a wall or
> > down a hole.
> >
> >
> JUDY, DARLING . . I WILL TAKE GREAT ISSUE HERE. YOU CAINT PHOOEY A NOSE
> THAT CAINT SMELL.
> AMMONIA, TO SOME, IN AN ENCLOSED SPACE (IF THEY WORK FROM THE
> DEVELOPED AND UNFIXED IMAGE) CAN REALLY CAUSE ONE'S NOSE TO BECOME
> IRRITATED TO A GOOD DEGREE.
> THE RESPIRATOR BY NORTH IS COMFORTABLE AND NON-BLOCKING TO VISION. IT
> FITS THE HEAD NICELY AND WHEN ONE STEPS FROM THEIR DARKROOM (CAMERA
> OBSCURA TO YOU HISTORICAL PROCESS FOLK) YOU LOOK REAL COOL . . . YOU
> KNOW, SORTA LIKE THAT ED WESTON (THE GUY WHO LIKED TO PHOTOGRAPH NUDE,
> ERR, NAKED WOMEN) PHOTOGRAPH ABOUT WAR. BY GOLLY, WAR SPELLED BACKWARDS
> IS 'RAW' WHICH IS RATHER NAKED ITSELF . . BUT, SERIOUSLY . . USE THE
> RESPIRATOR.
> JACK FULTON
>
Received on Tue Feb 17 23:49:07 2004